Working Title: ReconfiguringÌýthe Sacred: Women Artists and the Modern Religious Space
Supervisor:ÌýDr Caroline Levitt
Advisor:ÌýProfessor Jo Applin
My research investigates how twentieth-century American women artists reimagined sacred space, challenging narratives which center on male figures in religious art and architecture. Focusing on sacred environments by Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson and Agnes Martin, I seek to analyze how each artist distinctly reconfigured the spaces of worship through distinct visual language while still evoking a religious experience.
Although it is acknowledged that women artists have long engaged with spirituality to explore identity and envision alternative forms of knowledge, this engagement is rarely examined through the lens of sacred architecture. I will draw on approaches to gender, space and faith to investigate the ways these artists reshape forms and meanings of the modern religious space.
Research Interests
- Modern and contemporary art and the sacred
- Alternative spiritualities
- Interdisciplinary practices
- Latin American modernisms